Women of Spirit and Faith2015-03-03T14:40:40Zhttp://womenofspiritandfaith.org/feed/atom/WordPressWomenOfSpiritAndFaithhttp://womenofspiritandfaith.org/?p=24632015-03-03T14:40:40Z2015-03-03T14:40:40ZRead More]]>

You are invited to join us

for an afternoon

of sacred circle, deep conversation and generative connections

in a beautiful outdoor setting.

The Magic of Our Embodied Wholeness and Collective Wisdom:

Women in Service to the Earth

Saturday ~ April 4, 2015

1 – 4 p.m.

27711 Deputy Circle

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

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“Where can we find the magic we need to free ourselves from this self-destructive spell of consumerism, this soul-destroying pursuit of distractions? Magic is always present, just as the Divine is always present. It is there in the leaf opening, in the beating of the hummingbird’s wings. It is in the garden sparrows that every day crowd around the bird feeder outside my window–such an ordinary miracle that I love it all the more. It is in the moment when the Divine unveils Itself and whispers or at times shouts to us.”

0WomenOfSpiritAndFaithhttp://womenofspiritandfaith.org/?p=24552015-02-25T09:06:01Z2015-02-25T09:06:01ZRead More]]>Join our WSF Women’s Gathering on the day before the Parliament convenes October 14 — 1:00 -4:00 pm
The day before the Parliament opens, women from multiple organizations and networks will gather in sacred space where we can be in circle to connect our hearts, affirm our intentions for the week ahead and ground this Parliament in the Sacred Feminine. WSF will be joined by Millionth Circle, Gather the Women and other organizations to co-create and plan this gathering. Additional details will be posted soon and registration will open April 1. Plan to arrive in Salt Lake City early so you can join us.

This is a very exciting time for the Parliament. The Board voted last week to hold the next Parliament in the United States in 2015! The next Parliament marks the fifth modern Parliament and the first American Parliament in 22 years. “America is the home base of the interfaith movement and it’s about time the Parliament come back home. The Parliament in 2015 will strengthen the interfaith movement through our listening, sharing and networking with each other,” says Chair of the Board Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid. Dates and location will be announced shortly.

These local and regional WEAVERS join to welcome you to this wonderful event:

Chapman University

Department of Religious Studies

Fisk Interfaith Center

Compassionate California

Gather the Women

Goddess Temple of Orange County

SARAH

Song of the Earth Ministries

South California Committee for the Parliament of the World’s Religions

South Coast Interfaith Council

Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment

USNC for UN Women – Orange County Chapter

United Nations Association – Orange County

United Religions Initiative – North America

Women of Spirit and Faith

]]>1WomenOfSpiritAndFaithhttp://womenofspiritandfaith.org/?p=21942014-06-22T14:48:21Z2014-06-22T14:48:21ZRead More]]>There are dreams being shared informally by women all over the world who are spiritually attuned to Mother Earth, The Grandmother Moon, and feminine Divine Beings like Sky Woman. These dreams are actively bringing messages of spiritual awakening, messages of healing, warnings of Earth Changes and human karma if the messages are not heeded. The world needs these messages urgently at this time of rapid Earth changes.

One of the most important reasons for women’s dreams to be valued, is that women are so close to life. Women create life. And so our dreams are open to the sacred wisdom in a way that serves all of creation. There are messages in different levels: some that have to do with how to be at this time. Others might be regarding action. But there is also another important aspect to the dreams: they open our consciousness so that we can stretch beyond our knowing and welcome what we do not yet know. These gatherings are crucial because they provide a space for women to listen to one another’s dreams, and to share. Women have always worked together in this way, to bring a pure energy and understanding into life when there is a need.

The Women’s Dreaming Council is being convened with the intention:

to nurture the dreams and visions of the women

to harvest and share the emerging wisdom of the collective dreaming

to facilitate action planning for the future in service of the Earth.

This work will unfold through a series of gatherings in the next several years, bringing together women from diverse spiritual traditions who are Wisdom Keepers, Ceremonial Leaders, healers and elders with deep messages to share. Each gathering will offer ceremonies of prayer, honoring the Ancestors of the land, Sacred Fire, offerings of medicines, food, cloth, tobacco. The women gathered will have the opportunity to share their visions, dreams and messages in this sacred space and listen deeply for the inner voices of guidance about future actions .

The first retreat to explore, shape and define the work of the Women’s Dreaming Council is being planned for September 29- October 2, 2014 at Hope Springs, a retreat center in southern Ohio. It is our intention to anchor two retreats each year for the next several years, eventually expanding the network of dreamers globally.

Our History of Relationship Among Women of Diverse Faiths and Ancestry

The Women’s Dreaming Council is one thread in a complex weave created over a long history of women’s sacred circles, gatherings, retreats and ceremonies. The conveners have a long association that always has been Spirit driven. Our first gathering in May 2009 was held at Soul of the Mother, bringing women from Vessels of Peace to join women from Six Nations in ceremony, deeply listening to Spirit messages, seeking answers and connections. Our relationships have deepened over the past five years, nurturing the evolution of our individual work and the work of our various organizations: Dreamweather, Women of Spirit and Faith and Soul of the Mother. In May 2013, another ceremony at Soul of the Mother again brought women together for prayer and deep listening. A larger community of 120 North American women from diverse faiths came together in November 2013 in San Francisco for Alchemy: Occupy Your Sacred Self. Alchemy solidified and expanded the web of relationships and led to the emergence of numerous activating hubs.

Organization, Logistics and Funding

Women of Spirit and Faith (WSF) will serve as the fiscal agent and administrative hub for the work of the Women’s Dreaming Council. WSF is a 501.c.3 non-profit corporation in good standing, with a four year history of successfully convening women’s gatherings.

The budget estimate for the first year is $5,000, which includes scholarship support for low income women to attend the September 2014 retreat (airfare, other travel costs, meals, accommodations as needed). Scholarships are essential to assure that we can gather an intergenerational community of women representing a diversity of spiritual traditions from the U.S. and Canada. Economic hardship often precludes elders, indigenous women, low income women and young leaders from participation in this kind of powerful conversation and reflection.

Owning Our Wisdom:

Women’s Ways of Leading in these Transformative Times

Saturday, June 7, 2014

1 – 4 p.m.

27711 Deputy Circle

Laguna Hills, CA 92653

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It is not just women who are marginalized after the long reign of patriarchy on our planet. So much having to do with “the feminine” is also devalued and silenced in the dominant culture of values, language, spirituality, education, politics, leadership and power in which we have been living for many generations. It is the air we have been breathing for so long that we are often unconscious about the ways it has shaped and formed (or deformed) our own personal experiences and expectations. As women bring their leadership in the coming years – and as the Divine Feminine seeks to bring Her gift of healing to the world through those women – it will be important to consciously make room for new ways of doing things, for feminine wisdom brought in feminine ways. This will require nothing less than radically different definitions of what leadership looks like and how success should be measured.